Poultry-roost support and automatic droppings conveyer



Y 1,598,989 O. E. SAHOLT `POULTRY RoosT SUPPORT AND AUTOMATIC DROPPINGS CoNvEYER Filed lAugust 17, 1925 Qmanfor @11% mt c Patented Sept. 7, 1926.

ED es L1,5989S9 PATENT OFFICE.

ORVILLE E.SA`HOLT, OF GLEN DALE, CALIFORNIA'.

roULTRY-Roosr SUPPORT man` AUTOMATIC nnorrmes o oNvEYER.

Application'filed August 17, 1925.` Serial No. 50,764.

may be loaded into a suitable receptacle or wagon. j

A further very important object of the invention is to provide. a structure of this one whichis thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation not likely to easilybecome out of order, and otherwise well adapted for ythe purpose for. which it is designed..

. With the above and numerous other ob jects in view, as'will appearas the description proceeds, the invention, resides. in the nov-elf features of construction, and'. in the combination and arrangement. of parts as willfbe hereinafter morefully described`V and claimed. i

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Figure 1 is a sectional view through one end of the chicken house showing my improvement associated therewith.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view through my improved structure.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substaiitially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 and Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen thati designates a stringer which extends along the one wall of the chicken 4c house in any suitable ina-nner and has projecting therefrom at suitable intervals angle iron brackets 6 provided with edge notches 7. A roost 8 is disposed 0n the angle iron brackets 6 being held in place by screws 9 a1; or other suitable fastening elements which engage in the notches 7 as is clearly shown in. Figure 4. A Stringer 10 is disposed below the Stringer and is cut away longitudinally at the upper and lower inside corners as indicated at 11. Suitable journals 12 are mounted at the ends of the Stringer and receive shafts 13 and 14 on each of which is mounted a pair of sprockets 15 engaged with the respective shafts by screws 16 or in im any other suitable manner. Chains 17 are trained over the sprockets 15 and certain en house onto a conveyerin. order that they` nature which is exceedingly simple, durable, j

links thereof are provided with laterally extending ears 18 to which are bolted cross` stringere 19. An endless beltv 2() of ducking or coated material forms the droppings n catcher and is disposed about the stringers 19 and fixed thereto by screws 21. i The width of this belt 20 is such as to overlap the upper run of the chain 17 asisclearly indicated in Figure 2. A strap iron supporting rail 22 is inountedlin the top way 11 and supports the upper .run of the chain 17 A similar Stringer 10 and extends over the lower way 1,1 and supports the lower run of the, chain 1r, it being noted from Figure 2 that the Vedge of the belt 20'at its lower run extends under this rail 23 thereby eliminating wear thereon. I

By referring to Figure 1 it will be'y seen that the shaft 14 is mounted in any. suitable manner'exteriorly of the chicken house and rail 23 is attached to the lower edge of the a. shaft 24 is mounted belowi the shaft 14 between the chicken house and said shaft 14, and has mounted thereon other sprockets 15y so that theV chains after passing over the sprockets on shaft 14 slant inwardly `and downwardly. The rendless droppings catcher then passes over a roller 25 mounted adjacent the opening 26. At a similar opening 28 in the other end of the housing there aie disposed hingedly mounted doors 29. If the housing` is divided by partitions, said partitions will .also have other doors 25).y Any suitable means may be utilized for Voperating these doors in unison when the endless catcher is being shifted.y This end` less catcher which I have described in detail may be shifted either manually or by use of an electric motor (not shown) or in any other suitable manner. An elevator 3G is provided at the outer end of the droppings catcher so that when the catcher is shifted, the droppings will fall upon the conveyerV in order that they may be elevated to a receptacle, wagon, or the like. It is not necese sary that this elevator 30 be used, as the droppings may fall into a suitable receptacle or onto the ground at the bottom of the outer end of the catcher.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in this art, some of the droppings will stick to the belt and I therefore provide positive means for cleaning theA belt before its return' into the chicken house. This means is illustrated to advantage in Figure 1 wherein the numeral 32 designates a suitable rotary brush, the bristles of which engage the endless belt after it leaves the sprockets of the shaft 24. A water pipe 33 extends up the outside of the chicken house and has an an gular extension 24 for spraying the belt above the brush 32. It is obvious that when the belt is being shifted the water is turned on and the brush 32 is placed in rotation in any suitable manner. lVlien the dirty part 0f the catcher has been cleaned it willl be damp and wet but will be the undei run of the catcher in the chicken house and will therefore have an opportunity of thoroughly drying before being brought into actual use. After the catcher has been cleaned, the doors 9.9 will be closed so as to eliminate any possibility of draft.

It is thought that the construction, operation and advantages of the invention will now be clearly understood without a more detail description thereof. It -is desired however, to point out that numerous changes in the, details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed, or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is:

1. A droppings catcher mechanism including an endless belt, stringers fixed to the(` interior surface of the endless belt,V

chains fixed to the ends of the stringere, sprockets over which said chains are trained, rails for supporting the upper runs of the chains and the lower runs of the chains, the rail supporting the lower runs of the chains separating the edges of the endless belt from the chains.

2. A droppings catcher mechanism including a pair of spaced longitudinal supporting stringers having their inner upper and lower corners cut away to provide ways at their ends, shafts journalled at the ends of the stringers, sprockets on the shafts, chains trained over the sprockets to move in the ways, a rail in each upper way, a rail below each lower way, cross members connected to the chains, an endless belt fixed to the members and being of sufficient width to overlap the chains.

3. A droppings catcher mechanism including a pair of spaced longitudinal sup porting stringers having their inner upper and lower corners cut away to provide waysI at their ends, shafts journalled at the ends of the stringers, sprockets onV the shafts, chains trained over the sprockets to move in the ways, a rail in each upperway, a rail below each lower way, cross members connected to the chains, an endless belt fixed to the members and being of sufficient width to overlap the chains, the upper rail being adapted to support the upper run of the chains and the lower rail adapted to support the lower runs of the chains and to separate theoverlapping edge portion of the belt from the chains.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaA ture.

ORVILLE E. SAHOL'I. 

